Differential methylation analysis of reduced representation bisulfite sequencing experiments using edgeR [version 2; referees: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]

Cytosine methylation is an important DNA epigenetic modification. In vertebrates, methylation occurs at CpG sites, which are dinucleotides where a cytosine is immediately followed by a guanine in the DNA sequence from 5' to 3'. When located in the promoter region of a gene, DNA methylation...

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Main Authors: Yunshun Chen, Bhupinder Pal, Jane E. Visvader, Gordon K. Smyth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: F1000 Research Ltd 2018-10-01
Series:F1000Research
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Online Access:https://f1000research.com/articles/6-2055/v2